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Post COVID-19: Amosun, OGHA Task Ministry On Initiatives For Grassroot Development

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Ogun State Ministry of Community Development and Cooperatives has been tasked to look inwards towards delivering on its mandate through result driven initiatives to further development at the grassroot level ahead of post coronavirus pandemic . The Chairman, Ogun

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Governor Abiodun shuns striking resident doctors, replaces them with volunteers

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2020

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun has shunned striking resident doctors working at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Isolation Centre, Sagamu, by replacing them with volunteer doctors. The resident doctors working in the Ogun state COVID-19 isolation centre joined their colleagues last week in the ongoing strike which commenced on July 1, 2020 to express

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COVID-19: Enugu Records New 115 Cases In 2 Days To Reach 675

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2020

Enugu State recorded 115 new cases of COVID-19 cases within two days to reach 675 cases on Saturday. The state Health Commissioner, Dr Emmanuel Obi, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that 35 cases were recorded on July 17 and 80 cases on July 18. According to him, there are 298 cases on […]

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COVID-19: Ekiti orders arrest of facemask defaulters

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2020

The Ekiti Government says it will begin to arrest those refusing to wear facemasks in public places from Monday. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapounda, on Sunday told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that there would henceforth be stiffer penalties for those who fail to comply. The commissioner said Gov. Kayode Fayemi was […]

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Ogun Veteran Journalist COVID-19 Test Result Missing

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Crisis looms in Ogun State as journalist COVID-19 test result is missing two weeks he after voluntarily presented himself for the test to know his health status. This may not be best of time for the state government whose efforts to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic across the state, […]

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Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Cabanyes dies of COVID-19 in Enugu

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2020

The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has announced the death of its priest, Rev. Fr. Joachim Cabanyes, following COVID-19 complications. He died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) isolation centre. Rev. Fr. Nkemjika Igweshi, Secretary to Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, Bishop of Enugu Diocese, announced the death to newsmen in Enugu on Saturday. Fr. […]